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[Mike Watkiss]
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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"'A guy that grabs the throat of a story and hangs on to it.' That's how veteran TV reporter Mike Watkiss was described in the Arizona Republic - "a grizzled TV Icon" who has been at the forefront of some of the World's biggest stories for more than four decades. From OJ Simpson to Michael Jackson - from serial killer Richard Ramirez to polygamous prophet Warren Jeffs - from figure skater Tonya Harding to Hollywood Madam Heidi Fleiss, Watkiss' career...
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English
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"From Emmy-award winning actor, author, comedian, producer, and director Henry Winkler, a deeply thoughtful memoir of the lifelong effects of stardom and the struggle to become whole. Henry Winkler, launched into prominence as "The Fonz" in the beloved Happy Days, has transcended the role that made him who he is. Brilliant, funny, and widely-regarded as the nicest man in Hollywood (though he would be the first to tell you that it's simply not the...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"The Oscar-nominated star who captivated the world with his performance in Juno finally shares his truth. "Can I kiss you?" It was two months before the world premiere of Juno, and Elliot Page was in his first ever queer bar. The hot summer air hung heavy around him as he looked at her. And then it happened. In front of everyone. A previously unfathomable experience. Here he was on the precipice of discovering himself as a queer person, as a trans...
Author
Publisher
2nd Tier Publishing
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
For almost twenty-five years, Jeff and Pat Robbins lived with the knowledge that their identical twin daughters, Charlotte and Vanessa, diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at age nine months, would die young. In spite of this overwhelming terminal illness, they raised their girls to be joyful, hopeful, full of life and most important, abundant in love. Choosing to live and work on a thoroughbred horse farm, living an idyllic, simple life focused on time...
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Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"An award-winning author's deep exploration of pivotal moments in Texas history through multiple generations of her own family, and a ruthless reexamination of our national and personal myths Over seven generations, Jessica Goudeau's family members were church elders, preachers, Sunday school teachers and potluck organizers. Her great-grandfather helped establish a Christian university in Abilene, Texas, which she attended along with her grandparents,...
Author
Publisher
Bear Manor Media
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Prince of Drones is the remarkable story of Reginald Denny, a forgotten luminary in Hollywood and aviation history. Kim Puccis frank and compelling text, along with a trove of behind-the-scenes photographs, shines a light on Denny and brings him to life as an actor, family man, World War I fighter pilot, RC airplane hobbyist, and innovative visionary for military unmanned aircraft. It is the last category that will surprise most people. The tale of...
9) The years
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English
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"Available in English for the first time, the latest astonishing, bestselling, and award-winning book by Annie Ernaux. The Years is a personal narrative of the period 1941 to 2006 told through the lens of memory, impressions past and present -- even projections into the future -- photos, books, songs, radio, television and decades of advertising, headlines, contrasted with intimate conflicts and writing notes from six decades of diaries. Local dialect,...
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Español
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Para los fanáticos del fútbol, el imparable Cristiano Ronaldo se ha convertido en un nombre familiar. ¿Qué implica la creación de un jugador tan fenomenal? ¿Cómo era él cuando era joven y todavía aprenda? Este libro analiza de cerca a uno de los mejores jugadores de fútbol del mundo en este momento. A los lectores jóvenes les encantará aprender sobre sus logros asombrosos y también sobre lo que lo convirtió en un atleta récord. La historia...
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Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Pub. Date
�2010
Language
English
Description
"A brilliantly crafted series of vignettes that collectively broadens our understanding of the sacrifices made by common individuals who served their respective nations. With the 60th and 50th anniversaries of the Korean War and Cuban Missile Crisis, respectively, upon us, this timely book by James Wise and Scott Baron puts an intriguing spin on the standard historical narratives." David F. Winkler, author of Cold War at Sea.
"Dangerous Games is...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Bing Crosby (May 3, 1903-October 14, 1977) was, without doubt, the most popular and influential multi-media star of the first half of the 20th century. For more than three decades, through radio, film, television and records, he reigned supreme. Bing Crosby Rediscovered, explores the life and legend of this iconic performer, revealing a man far more complex than his public persona.Crosby’s estate, HLC Properties, Ltd., granted American Masters unprecedented...
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Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"I've lived a completely ordinary life, so much that I don't know how to write a transgender or queer or Appalachian story, because I don't feel like I've lived one. ... Though, in searching for ways to write myself in my stories, maybe I can find power in this ordinariness." Raised in southeast Ohio, Stacy Jane Grover would not describe her upbringing as "Appalachian." Appalachia existed farther afield-more rural, more country than the landscape...
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Publisher
Abrams ComicArts
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
On the night of October 6, 1998, in Laramie, Wyoming, Matthew Wayne Shepard (1976-1998) was brutally killed solely because he was gay. It was a shocking murder that was nationally covered in the media, and it became a rallying cry for the LGBTQ+ rights movement. In 2009, the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act was signed by President Barack Obama, expanding the federal hate crime law to include crimes motivated by a victim's...
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English
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In the Treaty of Paris, Great Britain recognized the new United States of America. They also ceded the land that comprised the immense Northwest Territory, a wilderness empire northwest of the Ohio River containing the future states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Included in the Northwest Ordinance were three remarkable conditions: freedom of religion, free universal education, and the prohibition of slavery. In 1788 the first...
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Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
This highly regarded war memoir was a best seller in both Japan and the United States during the 1960s and has long been treasured by historians for its insights into the Japanese side of the surface war in the Pacific. The author was a survivor of more than one hundred sorties against the Allies and was known throughout Japan as the "Unsinkable Captain." A hero to his countrymen, Captain Hara exemplified the best in Japanese surface commanders: highly...
18) Lionel Messi
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Español
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No tienes que vivir en Europa para ser un aficionado al fútbol. El fútbol es un juego de velocidad, habilidad y trabajo en equipo complejo. Entre los muchos atletas inspiradores que hacen del fútbol un deporte tan emocionante, pocos se comparan con Lionel Messi, el reconocido futbolista profesional de Argentina. Las habilidades récord de Messi en el campo le han ganado la adoración de los fanáticos del fútbol en todo el mundo. En esta biografía,...
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"When Gretchen Whitmer was growing up, her beloved grandmother Nino taught her that you can always find something good in other people. "Even the meanest person might have pretty eyes," she would say. Nino's words persuaded Whitmer to look for the good in any person or situation--just one of many colorful personal experiences that have shaped her political vision. (And, as Whitmer writes, one that resonated more than another piece of advice her grandmother...
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Series
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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This dramatic conclusion to Leakey's "Trimates" will inspire the next generation of scientists and conservationists as they meet Dian Fossey, who studied and protected her beloved gorillas from poachers and other threats until her murder in 1985.
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